As the Simcoe Contemporary Dancers celebrate the season through dance, they reflect on some of their favourite holiday traditions.
"My mom and I
have recently made it tradition to turn on the electric fireplace, pour a glass
of wine, and crank Michael Bublé’s Christmas album while decorating the tree!
Many years ago, my mom received an ornament as a gift, and if I'm being
honest, wasn't the most attractive even in it’s prime. The paint is now
chipping, but you can still make out an outdoor holiday scene that features
the faces of the less than festive looking characters. Every year, she tries to leave it off
the tree, but I sneak it in the back when I think she’s not looking, because I
think it's funny. She knows it’s there, but leaves it because it’s a goofy
tradition and it makes me happy."
“My grandmother is
Ukrainian so we often celebrate Christmas Eve with a Ukrainian meal of
borscht, beet soup and salmon. My mom often gets out my other great
grandmother's (she was Scottish) wedding china to eat our Christmas Eve meal
off of. I love feeling connected to all of the strong women from my past
and present as we share this meal together.”
- Karolyn Owens,
Performer and Class Facilitator
- Nancy Pottage, Associate Artistic Director, Dramaturge,
Choreographer, Performer, Class Facilitator
“Christmas is a
pretty big deal in my house. My mom is pretty decoration crazed. We have a
miniature village that dwarfs our dining room table, a tiny fully functional
village with moving parts that makes Christmas dinner very "cozy". On
Christmas Eve we eat finger foods and enjoy beverages with my mom and dad’s
best man and wife, they are holiday fixtures. We then get to open one present
and get some pjs to sleep in that night. Christmas day is spent lazing around
and slowly getting ready for family dinner that night. I have never stepped
foot out of my family home on Christmas.”
- Shelby Thoms, Performer
and Class Facilitator
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